Three-dimensional modeling and application in geological exploration engineering

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 391-404

  Gong, Jianya ^a   Cheng, Penggen ^a,b   Wang, Yandong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Cutting; Data structure; Geological exploration engineering; Modeling; Partition; Quasi tri prism volume model

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION ENGINEERING; HYBRID DATA MODEL;

GEOLOGY;

EXPLORATION; RASTER; SPATIAL DATA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VECTOR;

EID: 2442651558     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2003.06.003     Document Type: Article

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